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W. RANDEL.

PLUME FOR HORSES- HEADS, MILITARY HATS, (Kw. No. 304,235.

Patented Aug. 26', 1884.

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\VILLIAM RANDEL, OF GLENS FALLS NINV YORK.

PLUME FOR HORSES HEADS, MILITARY HATS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,235, dated August26, 1884.

Application filed July 12, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM RANDEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glens Falls, in the county of Warren and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plumes for HorsesHeads, Military Hats, 850., of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to plumes for use as ornaments to be appliedto harness, military-caps, hats, and any other place where plumesconstitute a portion of a regalia; and the invention consists in a plumeconstructed as hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a general View, illustrating oneapplication or use of the plume. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fig. 3is a View showing the back of the plume, and Fig. 4 a View showing theunder side of a portion of the plume.

'Like letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

To construct a plume in accordance with my invention, I arrange a seriesof strands, A, of any suitablespun or twisted material-such as yarn,either cotton or woolen cordor it may be a series of strips of suitabletextile fabric or other materialsuch as hemp and jute side by side upona form, stick, splint, or rib, B, which may be made of wood, bone, wire,steel, or other suitable material, which preferably is more or lesselastic and backed by or inclosed in any suitable textile or otherflexible fabric, O-such as cloth, leather, or rubberand unite the partstogether by means of a row, D, of stitches extending along each side ofthe rib through the strands and the backing. The rows of stitching maymerge into each other at the point of the plume, as shown at D, ifdesired, and an additional quantity of yarn be secured at or adjoiningthe tip-end, to improve its appearance. Furthermore, I may arrange twoor more layers of strands, A, at the point only, or through out theentire length of the plume, and I may (No model.)

give more or less rigidity and prominence to the rib by insertingbetween it and the backing a pasteboard or other suitable strip, E, andthe stitching be done therethrough, the side-projecting portions ofwhich, after the stitching has been accomplished, may be broken off andremoved along the line of the stitches, they acting to perforate thesame for such a separation, and also acting to retain a portion betweenthe two lines thereof, to give prominence to the rib.

It is apparent that I may omit the thickening-strip E, and thatI mayincrease or diminish the width of the rib and of the backing G, and thenumber of rows of stitches along the sides thereof; but as a single rowproduces a fair imitation of the natural rib in plumes, such may on thataccount be preferable. A single row through the center of the rib willalso answer the purpose by using a rib provided.

with perforations for the stitches or needle to pass through.

The plumes, constructed as shown and described, are available for use inornamenting head-stalls, and being flexible, they can easily be bentaround the crown of a hat, and thus be made to assume a graceful andpleasing appcarance.

Having described my invention, what I- claim is 1. As an improvedarticle of manufacture, a plume consisting of strands of material, asdescribed, secured to a rib having a backing of textile fabric bystitches passing through said rib, substantially as specified.

2. A plume consisting of a series of strands of the character described,a strengtheningrib, a backing of textile fabric, and a thickening-strip,the whole secured by rows of stitches, substantially as shown anddescribed. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

IVILLIAM RANDEL.

WVitnesses:

E. E. MASSON, L. C. HILLs.

